Sequential aggregate authentication codes with information theoretic security

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichiro Tomita ◽  
Yohei Watanabe ◽  
Junji Shikata
Keyword(s):  
Authentication Codes ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Information Theoretic Security

scholarly journals Device-independent quantum key distribution with random key basis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
René Schwonnek ◽  
Koon Tong Goh ◽  
Ignatius W. Primaatmaja ◽  
Ernest Y.-Z. Tan ◽  
Ramona Wolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Bell Inequality ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Information Theoretic Security ◽  
Experimental Parameters ◽  
Secret Keys ◽  
Simple Variant ◽  
First Time

AbstractDevice-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD) is the art of using untrusted devices to distribute secret keys in an insecure network. It thus represents the ultimate form of cryptography, offering not only information-theoretic security against channel attacks, but also against attacks exploiting implementation loopholes. In recent years, much progress has been made towards realising the first DIQKD experiments, but current proposals are just out of reach of today’s loophole-free Bell experiments. Here, we significantly narrow the gap between the theory and practice of DIQKD with a simple variant of the original protocol based on the celebrated Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) Bell inequality. By using two randomly chosen key generating bases instead of one, we show that our protocol significantly improves over the original DIQKD protocol, enabling positive keys in the high noise regime for the first time. We also compute the finite-key security of the protocol for general attacks, showing that approximately 108–1010 measurement rounds are needed to achieve positive rates using state-of-the-art experimental parameters. Our proposed DIQKD protocol thus represents a highly promising path towards the first realisation of DIQKD in practice.

scholarly journals Physical-layer encryption on the public internet: A stochastic approach to the Kish-Sethuraman cipher

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1460361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lachlan J. Gunn ◽  
James M. Chappell ◽  
Andrew Allison ◽  
Derek Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Secure Communication ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Stochastic Approach ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Theoretic Security ◽  
Transit Times ◽  
The One

While information-theoretic security is often associated with the one-time pad and quantum key distribution, noisy transport media leave room for classical techniques and even covert operation. Transit times across the public internet exhibit a degree of randomness, and cannot be determined noiselessly by an eavesdropper. We demonstrate the use of these measurements for information-theoretically secure communication over the public internet.

Secret Error-Correcting Network Coding against Eavesdropping and Pollution Attacks

2012 ◽  
Vol 457-458 ◽  
pp. 1499-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Guang Chen ◽  
Meng Wu ◽  
Wei Feng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Network Coding ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Transmitted Information ◽  
Information Theoretic Security ◽  
Secret Communication ◽  
Pollution Attacks ◽  
Rank Metric Codes ◽  
Shared Secret ◽  
And Performance

In this work we consider the problem of designing a secret error-correcting network coding scheme against an adversary that can re-select the tapping links in different time slot and inject z erroneous packets into network. We first derive a necessary condition for keeping the transmitted information secret from the adversary, while the network is only subject to the eavesdropping attack. We then design an error-correcting scheme by combining the rank-metric codes with shared secret model, which can decode the transmitted information correctly provided a sufficiently large q. With that, a secret error-correcting network coding is proposed by combining this error-correcting scheme with secret communication. We show that under the requirement of communication can achieve a rate of packets. Moreover, it ensures that the communicated information is reliable and information-theoretic security from the adversary. In particular, the requirement of packet length is not as large as the required in [12]. Finally, the security and performance analyses illustrate the characteristics of our scheme.

scholarly journals Photonic quantum data locking

Quantum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Zixin Huang ◽  
Peter P. Rohde ◽  
Dominic W. Berry ◽  
Pieter Kok ◽  
Jonathan P. Dowling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secret Key ◽  
Linear Optics ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Information Theoretic Security ◽  
Quantum Phenomenon ◽  
Classical Information Theory ◽  
Photo Detection ◽  
Photon States ◽  
Multi Mode ◽  
Boson Sampling

Quantum data locking is a quantum phenomenon that allows us to encrypt a long message with a small secret key with information-theoretic security. This is in sharp contrast with classical information theory where, according to Shannon, the secret key needs to be at least as long as the message. Here we explore photonic architectures for quantum data locking, where information is encoded in multi-photon states and processed using multi-mode linear optics and photo-detection, with the goal of extending an initial secret key into a longer one. The secret key consumption depends on the number of modes and photons employed. In the no-collision limit, where the likelihood of photon bunching is suppressed, the key consumption is shown to be logarithmic in the dimensions of the system. Our protocol can be viewed as an application of the physics of Boson Sampling to quantum cryptography. Experimental realisations are challenging but feasible with state-of-the-art technology, as techniques recently used to demonstrate Boson Sampling can be adapted to our scheme (e.g., Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 250503, 2019).

scholarly journals The attack strategy for a quantum key distribution protocol based on Bell’s theorem

2021 ◽  
Vol 2056 (1) ◽  
pp. 012011
Author(s):  
Chan Myae Hein ◽  
T F Kamalov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Bell’S Theorem ◽  
Bell's Theorem ◽  
Secret Key ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Information Theoretic Security ◽  
Quantum Key Distribution Protocol ◽  
Attack Strategy

Abstract A new eavesdropping strategy is proposed for the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocol. This scheme represents a new kind of intercept/resend strategy based on Bell’s theorem. Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides the foremost reliable form of secure key exchange, using only the input-output statistics of the devices to realize information-theoretic security. In this paper, we present an improved QKD protocol that can simultaneously distribute the quantum secret key. We are already using the QKD protocol with simulated results matched completely with the theoretical concepts.

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